Le boxeur manchot

by Tennessee Williams

Poètes, vagabonds, criminels, prêtres fous et vierges folles, c'est toujours sur des marginaux, des "maudits", que se porte le regard de l'auteur d'Un tramway nommé désir. Pour lui, ce ne sont ni des malades ni des monstres, bien au contraire; il leur voue une tendresse plus que fraternelle, presque complice. Durant leur vie, les personnages de Tennessee Williams incarnent et poussent à l'extrême tous les conflits sociaux, religieux ou sexuels dont ses frères les hommes lui paraissent menacés; par leur mort, souvent dramatique, ils résolvent toutes les contradictions du monde - et le purifient.

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Thomas Lanier Williams III, better known by the nickname Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright of the twentieth century who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee," the state of his father's birth.

Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, after years of obscurity, at age 33 he became famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. This play closely reflected his own unhappy family background. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of the Iguana (1961). With his later work, he attempted a new style that did not appeal to audiences. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century, alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.

Much of Williams' most acclaimed work has been adapted for the cinema. He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays and a volume of memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

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Reviews

[roquessi]

DON'T SAY👎 ma soeur est folle
SAY THIS INSTEAD👍 je crois que les pétales de son esprit se trouvaient simplement repliés par la peur

[Agnès · Rating 4 out of 5]

Les esseulés, les poètes, les écorchés vifs, ceux qui tracent leur chemin, tous sont réunis dans ce recueil. Par contre, pourquoi tant de viols ?

[Raphaël]

un recueil de nouvelles sensuelles et morbides qui éveille plus la curiosité que l'intérêt...